Sahra Noor, the sister of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), listed a Minnesota home address when she incorporated Grit Partners Consulting. Business records also connect a resident of the property to figures convicted in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, the Daily Wire reported Friday.
The records raise questions about why Sahra Noor’s Grit Partners Consulting used the Lakeville address. Noor has “secured more than $20 million in funding for health initiatives” and consulted on projects backed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAID, Gavi and the World Bank, according to her website.
That description does not say Grit Partners received more than $20 million from USAID, despite social media posts summarizing the firm as a “$20M USAID company.”
Sahra Noor’s Grit Partners was incorporated at an address on Hyacinth Ave belonging to Ister Afraa. Afraa worked directly with Sahra Nur, who ran the fake catering company that the various Feeding Our Future nonprofits used to give the feds fake receipts. pic.twitter.com/CqBCPu9LXK
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) July 24, 2026
A shared address and business connections
Noor incorporated Grit Partners at 17626 Hyacinth Way in Lakeville, according to the Daily Wire investigation.
Minnesota Secretary of State records show the same address as the registered office of Diversity Childcare Center LLC and identify Ismahan Afraah as its manager. The Daily Wire identified Afraah, also known as Ister Ahmed Afraa, as a resident of the home.
The outlet reported that Afraa also formed Sunrise Business Center Inc. with Hanna Marekegn. Marekegn admitted in a federal plea agreement that she conspired to defraud a child nutrition program and that she and her company obtained about $7.1 million through the scheme.
The Daily Wire also reported that Minnesota health records listed Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock as a contact for Diversity Childcare Center and Sunshine Care Center, another company tied to Afraa.
A federal judge sentenced Bock on May 22, 2026, to 500 months, or more than 41 years, in prison for leading the fraud. Feeding Our Future fraudulently obtained and distributed more than $240 million in federal child nutrition funds, the Department of Justice said.
Another connection runs through Sahra Mohamed Nur, the owner of S & S Catering. The Daily Wire reported that Afraa served as chief executive of a company operating from Nur’s home. A federal judge sentenced Nur on May 22, 2025, to 51 months in prison and ordered her to pay about $5 million in restitution after she pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.
Connections leave questions unanswered
Neither Noor nor Afraa has been charged in the Feeding Our Future case.
The records nevertheless place Noor’s company at the same residential address used in business filings connected to multiple central figures in the fraud scheme.
Mashah Ahmed Ali, whom the Daily Wire identified as Afraa’s husband and the homeowner, denied knowing about the companies registered at the address.
“There must be some sort of scam going on, I have no idea,” Ali told the outlet.
Noor and Afraa did not respond to the Daily Wire’s requests for comment.
The disclosure comes as Minnesota lawmakers examine Omar’s contacts with people connected to Feeding Our Future. A state House committee sought records and testimony from Omar, but a May 5 motion to issue a subpoena failed by one vote.
Five Republicans supported the motion, while three Democrats opposed it.
Omar has denied knowing about the scheme.
“Any claim that I had knowledge of this scheme is flat-out false,” Omar said in a May 20 statement to Fox News.
The findings expand the unanswered questions surrounding Minnesota’s fraud scandal and the network of companies, addresses and personal relationships tied to its central figures.
The controversy has also fueled scrutiny of state oversight of taxpayer-funded programs, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
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